Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets (super Facsimile hardback in near fine condition)

Edward Lear

ISBN 10: 0712350446 / ISBN 13: 9780712350440

Published by British Library Publishing Division, 2009

About this Item

Published by British Library Publishing Division and issued without a dust jacket in 2009, here is the super Facsimile hardback version of Edward Lear's Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets. Pictorial paper covered boards, 144 fiendishly illustrated pages the book is in near fine condition with some moderate shelf wear to the rear board.

Seller Inventory # 15458

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets (super Facsimile hardback in near fine condition)
• Publisher: British Library Publishing Division
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712350446
• ISBN 13: 9780712350440
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

About this title

Synopsis

Throughout his life, Edward Lear maintained the same love for painting that caused him to be compared to Audubon at age nineteen—and later saw him give brief drawing lessons to Queen Victoria. Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets contains numerous examples of the illustrations and pictorial descriptions from Edward Lear’s incredibly imaginative reserve of plants and creatures, each with appropriate captions and lyrics. His strange botanical illustrations include the likes of Manypeeplia Upsidownia, Piggiwiggia Pyramidalis, and Pollybirdia Singularis, while the Nonsense Alphabet consists of three sets of illustrated alphabets that twist and turn around bizarrely addictive imagery and language:

A was an ape,

Who stole some white tape,

And tied up his toes,

In four beautiful bows.

a!

Funny old Ape!

 

Regardless of Lear’s inspiration or impetus, these writings and their accompanying images remain adored by children and adults alike, and the more than 150 illustrations presented here testify to Lear’s enduring popularity as a heroically comic poet and serious artist.

About the Author

Edward Lear (1812–88) was an English artist, writer, and illustrator known for his works of literary nonsense, in both poetry and prose.